Space Weather Outreach Program

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国国家航空航天局（NASA）都认为有必要教育公众太阳活动对地球近空间环境的影响，包括可能对宇航员造成的伤害、卫星通信的中断以及对电网的不利影响。本项目将扩展空间科学研究所以前的活动，扩大和发展下列项目组成部分：(1)空间天气中心网站；(2)科技馆、商场微展；（三）古代天文台/空间天气广播节目；(4)《家庭太阳指南》；(5)专业发展工作坊。空间天气外展项目的拟议组成部分跨越了科学传播的主要领域：正规教育、非正规教育和公众外展。建议的项目是集成的，以便每个组件都利用其他组件的各个方面。例如，微型展览将利用网站的互动活动以及广播节目的精选。广播节目和《家庭指南》、《教育者指南》都可以在网站上存档。这些指南将与网站一起用于教育研讨会。这些相互联系有助于加强每个单独的组成部分和整个项目。该项目将通过将各种评价结果纳入项目并收集对比公众理解与学生对空间物理和天文学概念理解的数据，为非正式教育评价领域做出贡献。此外，该研究所将对其《家庭向阳指南》进行进一步评估，该指南以先前的评估为基础，以便找出在家庭学习环境中最有效的方法。这两项评价研究的结果将在有关期刊上发表，提供给其他教育和外联专业人员。它还将把从评估中得到的教训应用到它为课外活动开发的活动和材料中，这将是SSI外展计划的一个新领域。SSI将通过以下渠道发布新的多媒体空间天气相关内容和活动：(1)空间天气中心网站；(2)面向初高中教师的专业发展工作坊；（三）全国英语、西班牙语广播；(4) NASA的印刷品分发渠道；(5)课后和社区活动；(6)商场、科学中心作为微展览场所。

Both the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have identified the need to educate the public about the effects of solar activity on Earth's near-space environment, including possible harm to astronauts, disruption of satellite communications, and adverse effects on power grids. This project will expand on the previous activities of the Space Science Institute by expanding and developing the following project components: (1) the Space Weather Center Web Site; (2) Micro Exhibits for Science Centers and Shopping Malls; (3) Radio Programs on Ancient Observatories/Space Weather; (4) the Family Guide to the Sun; and (5) Professional Development Workshops. The proposed components of the Space Weather Outreach Project cross the major realms of science communications: formal education, informal education, and public outreach. The proposed project is integrated so that each of the components makes use of aspects of the other components. For example, the micro exhibit will take advantage of the web site's interactive activities as well as selections from the radio programming. Radio programs can be archived on the Web site along with the Family Guide and Educator Guide. The guides will be used in the educator workshops along with the Web site. These interconnections serve to strengthen each individual component and the project as a whole. This project will contribute to the field of informal education evaluation by incorporating various evaluation results into the project and gathering data contrasting public understanding with student understanding of space physics and astronomy concepts. In addition, the Institute will conduct further evaluations of its Family Guide to the Sun that builds on an earlier evaluation in order to find out what works best in family learning environments. The findings from both evaluation studies will be made available to other education and outreach professionals by publishing them in relevant journals. It will also apply the lessons from the evaluations to activities and materials that it develops for after-school programs, which will be a new area for SSI's outreach program. SSI will distribute new, multi-media space weather-related content and activities through the following channels: (1) the Space Weather Center Web site; (2) professional development workshops for middle and high school teachers; (3) English and Spanish language radio broadcasts across the country; (4) NASA's distribution outlet for printed materials; (5) after-school and community-based programs; and (6) shopping malls and science centers as venues for micro exhibits.